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Project Coordinator (On-Site)

As a global premium leader in the fishing industry, the Oceana Group seeks to bring on board exceptional professionals who will help advance our mission to positively impact lives.

Our core business is the catching, processing, marketing and distribution of canned fish, fishmeal, fish oil, lobster, horse mackerel, squid and hake. But that’s just on the surface, deep down we are so much more. We are ranked as one of the top 20 seafood companies in the world by market capitalisation. We have a global presence and Oceana is a black-owned company and a level 1 B-BBEE contributor.

The Oceana group is home to five major subsidiaries namely: Lucky Star, Daybrook Fisheries, Blue Continent and Oceana Lobster.

Lucky Star Operations and Amawandle Pelagic are looking for 2 Project Co-Ordinators for a 6 month fixed term contract. The incumbents will be based on site (Laaiplek or St Helena Bay) and will be required to administer and organize all types of projects and provide general admin support to the Operations Team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment and information
• Break projects into doable actions and set timeframes
• Liaise with teams to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives
• Assign tasks to internal teams and assist with schedule management
• Ensure that teams needs are met as projects evolve
• Work to improve the project process
• Ensure projects align with set strategy and budgets
• Help prepare project budgets
• Analyze risks and opportunities
• Oversee project procurement management
• Monitor project progress and handle any issues that arise
• Act as the point of contact and communicate project status to all participants
• Work with the Project Manager to eliminate project blocks
• Use tools to monitor working hours, plans and expenditures
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
• Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests
• Provide general admin support to the operations team as required

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field
• Computer literacy in MS Office
• 2-3 years’ experience in project management within a FMCG environment
• Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP advantageous
• Must be willing to be on site (Laaiplek or St Helena Bay) every day for the duration of the contract

Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

• Proven work experience as a Project Coordinator or similar role
• Experience in project management, from conception to delivery
• An ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts, schedules and step-by-step action plans
• Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time-management
• Customer centric and teamwork skills
• Familiarity with risk management and quality assurance control
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Planner
• PMP / PRINCE2 certification would be advantageous

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A Factory Mechanic position has become available at Desert Diamond Fishing (Pty) Ltd. The Factory Mechanic ensures that the Factory operates in an efficient and effective manner with minimal downtime so that the end product is in accordance with agreed specifications and customer requirements.

Please be advised that this is a sea-going position.

DUTIES INCLUDE:

• The Factory Mechanic must have good working knowledge, understanding and experience to be able to perform maintenance on the following:
•  Factory Hydraulics
•  Conveyor Belts including motors
•  Pneumatics
•  Plate Freezers
•  Grading machines
•  Factory related pumps
•  Flow Ice Tank
• Fishmeal Plant
• Must ensure uninterrupted operation of the Factory Equipment/Machinery/Fishmeal Plant whenever required.
• Daily reporting to the Chief Engineer with regards to the status of Factory Equipment & Machinery
• Perform general fish factory maintenance.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES:

• Perform duties in a safe and timeous  manner
• Work at sea for long periods at a time
• Be physically fit and healthy
• Must be enthusiastic , energetic and self-motivated
• Work long hours when required
• Be able to work under pressure at times
• Be a team player
• Be able to work with foreign crew
• Be able to work independently.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• A Certificate of competence as First Mechanic/ Adjuster Engineer
• N3 Qualification in Mechanical Engineering
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Factory Mechanic / Baader Mechanic on a Midwater Trawler or in a processing factory at sea.

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Purpose of the role:

To support the Communications Manager across the internal communications functions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Internal Communications:
• Implement the internal communications strategy in conjunction with the Communications Manager.
• Manage internal communications for the divisions including Namibia and the US.
• Manage campaigns in full and on time with the guidance of the Communications Manager.
• Drive consistent internal communication that informs, engages, and inspires employees.
• Plan, edit and write content for a variety of internal communications mediums, including emailers, screen advertising, the intranet, and the annual Tidings magazine.
• Maintain relationships with divisional representatives, keep them updated and manage questions.
• Manage corporate identity guidelines across the group.

Qualifications and Experience:

• A Degree/Diploma in journalism, communications, public relations, or marketing.
• Prior management of delivering successful projects will be advantageous.
• At least 5 – 7 years‐ experience in a corporate environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Attributes & Essential Competencies:

• Excellent writing and proofreading skills and the journalistic ability to source stories from employees.
• Strong speaking skills as you are likely to be called on to give presentations to staff.
• Good interpersonal and relationship‐building skills to work with communications and HR departments. You also need to possess the confidence to deal with senior executives and explain communication techniques to them.
• Creative ability to devise communication strategies.

Essential Behavioural Competencies:

• Decision making and Judgement.
• Action Orientation.
• Interpersonal Skills.
• Relationship Building.
• Verbal and Written Communication.
• Analytical Thinking.
• Strategic Thinking.
• Quality Orientation.
• Planning and Organising.

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Purpose of the role:

Responsible for the overall SHE and Compliance Management function across BCP Fleet and Land based Operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement the SHE Management, Risk, Compliance and Sustainability strategies for BCP.
• Act as an appointed Designated Person Ashore (DPA) for fleet, across all BCP species.
• Manage & review the Safe Management System (SMS).
• Manage a team of Environmental, Risk and SHE employees.
• Compile, agree and implement annual SHEQ targets and objectives.
• Accountable for both internal and external auditing related to SHE, Risk and Compliance.
• Identify Sustainability and SHE risks associated with BCP and implement agreed mitigating aspects.
• Undertake SHE, Risk and Compliance reporting.
• Oversee and provide guidance to identify compliance risks or weaknesses for which the business should consider additional mitigating action, or processes and/or procedures.
• Accountable for environmental impact assessments and management systems required for BCP.
• Implement environmental sustainability policies and practices.
• Promote, raise and establish internal awareness culture regarding environmental matters and compliance across BCP.
• Identify stakeholders relating to the portfolio, their interest and BCP’s response to their requirements and expectations.
• Provide input and collaborate with Oceana Group in the development of the Oceana Group Sustainability strategy and targets.
• Manage the implementation of a suitable Compliance Monitoring Plan to ensure completeness, coverage and accuracy.
• Ensure the regulatory compliance, non-compliance management and follow-up process is followed to enable business to effectively manage and resolve breaches.
• Ensure that the business is aware of new compliance and legal requirements or provide guidance on potential impact of compliance requirements.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide input from a compliance perspective into business projects and initiatives.
• Contribute to the review of all critical business policies from a regulatory compliance perspective and make recommendations for improvement.
• Drives and contributes to an improved safety culture.
• Complete the necessary reporting as required by legislation, regulators, internal and/or external stakeholders and Oceana Group.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a related management role.
• Qualification in Maritime-related studies preferable, alternatively Health & Safety Management Systems or Environmental Management Studies and other related.
• Maritime professional, preferably a Deck Officer with extensive knowledge of the relevant legislations/marine notices and Class requirements.
• Vessel experience would be advantageous.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes & Essential Competencies:

• Broad professional knowledge, skills and experience in the maritime industry.
• Relevant environmental legislation.
• Knowledge on MOS Regs (Maritime) and OSH Act.
• COID Act.
• Maritime legislation (SAMSA/IMO, C188, STCW_F).
• Communication, leadership, and administration skills.
• Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Systems.
• Extensive understanding of risk management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including report writing.
• Systematically manage multiple projects.
• Analytical skills and ability to identify trends.
• Strong computer literacy skills (MS Suite).
• High degree of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Managing a team for effective implementation, monitoring and reporting.

Essential Behavioural Competencies:

• Decision Making and Judgement
• Action Orientation
• Analytical Thinking
• People Management/Leadership
• Teamwork
• Interpersonal Skills
• Verbal and Written Communication

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The following position has become available within our Finance Department. This position will operate from our Amawandle Pelagic site in Laaiplek.

The incumbent will report to the Finance Manager.

Key Job Outputs:

• Cash flow management, review of weekly cash flow forecasts, petty cash maintence
• Working capital reporting
• Review and maintain Trial Balance
• Review all balance sheet (incl payroll) reconciliations
• Reviewing and approval of related party transactions
• Assist in debtor and creditor management
• Preparing audit files, tax submissions and Annual Financial Statements
• Assisting with monthly stock counts and year-end stock process
• Preparation of B-BBEE reporting requirements
• Preparing monthly VAT reconciliations and submissions
• Preparing annual tax return schedules and tax calculations
• Preparation of annual insurance declarations
• Preparation of Divisional Management and Board Packs
• Preparation of monthly accounts/quarterly schedules to Group in line with submission deadlines
• Execution of internal audit plan, close out prior year report items  
• Involvement in the annual year-end process with Group
• Preparing audit files and take lead during the external audit process
• Prepare the Annual Financial Statements
• Preparation of a subsidiary reporting pack
• Prepare budget and forecast schedules to Group in line with submission deadlines
• Preparing schedules for government and statutory requirements (for example StatsSA, etc)
• Management, discipline and development of staff
• Any other ad hoc tasks to assist with FM function/outputs

Knowledge, skills and attributes:

• Analytical skills
• Good communication skills (verbal & written)
• Knowledge of MS Office
• Ability to supervise and lead a team independently
• Understanding and adhering to systems of internal control
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Strong time management skills
• High level of integrity
• Decision-making ability
• Ability to think conceptually, work under pressure and be deadline driven

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor of Accounting or Commence majoring in accounting, or similar
• At least 5 years’ experience in a finance and reporting environment
• Advanced Microsoft excel skills
• Experience and knowledge in fishing industry is an added advantage
• ERP knowledge - SAP or similar system

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Purpose of the role:

To lead operations related to the manufacturing of canned foods.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the operations of the land-based factories
• Manage a Team of Mid-Senior level direct reports within the Lucky Star Operations
• Assume full responsibility for the Canned food operational efficiency and performance
• Lead production teams in the daily management decisions, driving performance in achieving production KPI’s such as efficiencies, product quality, and cost management
• Engage with raw material suppliers, ensuring quantity, quality and delivery is optimally aligned with production requirements
• Engage with customers to understand and meet their requirements
• Engage with regulatory bodies to ensure efficient release of products for the market
• In conjunction with Finance implement and deliver suitable real time production data/reports to ensure that KPI’s are monitored timeously for decision making
• Execute on capital projects, and ensure that deliverables and returns are achieved
• Drive compliance to key food safety standards, inclusive of FSSC 22000, HACCP, and health and safety and environmental standards
• In conjunction with HR, develop and maintain good relationships with relevant Unions within the Pelagic sector
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with cross functional leads across the group
• Possess strong leadership attributes and demonstrate experience in building highly effective multi-disciplinary production teams
• Developing and maintaining good relationships with external stakeholders, governmental authorities, suppliers, customers and industry counterparts
• Demonstrated ability to formulate strategy as well as implement action plans to achieve strategic objectives
• Extensive experience in a unionized labour environment
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, with experience in decision making re financial performance
• Collaborate with the senior human resources business partner to ensure requisite skills are placed in the operations

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, and/or production management/ food science/ supply chain management
• 10-15 years’ relevant experience, in an executive/senior management role, in food manufacturing and packaging, preferably canned foods
• Strong operational background

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Purpose of the role:

Responsible for supervision of the payroll processing, and oversight of the process from input to payment. Assist with accurate reporting, mitigate any risks within all spheres of payroll. Ensure that payroll service performance is more efficient and payroll system well-maintained.

Key Responsibilities:

REVIEW OF PROCESSING AND PAYMENT

• Manage payroll process in terms of adherence to deadlines to ensure enough time is
• allocated to review steps
• Review all payroll inputs for validity and accuracy, and compare to payroll results,
• highlighting any variances to payroll administrators
• Review payroll sign off reports before circulation to business, ensure valid
• commentary is included.
• Communicate all payroll sign off queries to administrators and assist them, with swift
• resolution
• Perform first review of full payroll output prior to submission to Payroll Manager
• Reconcile final payment files to sign off reports
• Assist with posting of payroll journal entries

SAP PAYMENTS

• Extract payment files and upload to Fihrst
• Prepare third party payment files

ADMINISTRATION

• Reconcile third party payments to source
• Action third party instructions
• Resolve any reconciling items in a timely manner

TAX YEAR END & FINANCIAL YEAR END

• Reconcile and assist with bi-annual statutory filings
• Assist with preparation of payroll audit file

ADDITIONAL

• Resolves queries after first escalation
• Training and support to team members if necessary
• Ad-hoc or internal audits
• Ad-hoc or special reporting and analysis.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Diploma or degree in business administration (advantageous) degree/diploma in Payroll or Finance also accepted
• 5 - 7 years' experience in a payroll environment
• 2 years in SAP environment

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

• SAP HCM (Payroll) experience essential
• High degree of accuracy (Meticulous attention to detail)
• Excellent Interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure; manage upwards and downwards
• Creative thinker with vision, coupled with pragmatic can-do attitude
• High attention to detail
• Ability to apply initiative, good judgement and creative thinking
• Good business acumen
• Organised

Payroll legislation, including PAYE Knowledge

• Sound accounting knowledge
• (Computer literate – MS Office including Excel, Word and Outlook)

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Purpose of the role:

To manage a portfolio of projects within the Lucky Star Operations Division.

Key Responsibilities:

• To lead feasibility studies that will inform project related decisions, such as financial and qualitative viability, and alignment with business strategies
• Preparation and presentation of project proposals
• Manage all project phases, inclusive of planning, design, procurement, regulatory approvals, construction and commissioning
• Ensure that the business cases on which project proposals were based are met
• Commissioned projects that fully meet all the regulatory requirements that are key in food processing, such as environmental, health and safety and food safety
• Collaborate closely with in-house functions/departments, and external consultants/ suppliers, to ensure that project teams are adequately equipped with the requisite management and
• technical skills
• Actively manage the administration of contracts, and procurement processes
• Ensure accurate setting and tracking of projects costs and project timelines
• Ensure that the installation and commissioning phases comply thoroughly with health, safety and environmental management systems and regulations
• Implement project disciplines and procedure that will deliver a high standard of work, across all functions within the project teams
• Provide detailed updates on project progress to senior and executive management, coupled with solutions to mitigate risks that may affect deliverables
• Scoping of the various respective projects for sign-off by sponsor
• Coordinate people and processes to ensure that LSO projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results
• Set deadlines and assign responsibilities to the team and/or relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate internal resources for the execution of projects
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Perform a variety of ad hoc requests as required by the role
• Prepare, agree and manage the project budgets
• Manage changes to the project costs
• Report on actuals vs budget and escalate to management as required
• Agree upon applicable project team with sponsor and appropriate stakeholders
• Set and continually manage project expectations while delegating and managing deliverables with project team members

Knowledge, skills and attributes:

• Decision Making and Judgement
• Action Orientation
• Analytical Thinking
• People Management/Leadership
• Teamwork
• Interpersonal Skills
• Verbal and Written Communication

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• Minimum of 10 years’ relevant work experience with a senior project or Portfolio management role
• Previous experience in managing a large portfolio of projects
• Must have a background in business skills, management, budgeting and analysis
• Project Management qualification is a plus with a competency of using advance project management tools
• Proven working experience in project management and strategy implementation
• SAP experience is an advantage
• An experienced team player, with a proven ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
• A proven track record of managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, and to manage priorities under pressure
• A proven ability to apply problem-solving skills throughout the phases of a project
• The individual will be able to demonstrate a high degree of self-motivation, taking initiative, and a solutions driven approach